October 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The finale of S1 of My Brilliant Friend truly captured the shock of betrayal and the giant mixer of emotions at the reception in the novel. Very well done, makers of the show, if you’re reading this.
Notes — 2025
September 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The repetition of the phrase “by myself” in verse 2 of “Don’t Pass Me By” is the best and most profound lyric writing choice in a Ringo song.
September 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Maxwell kills the judge at his trial in Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. In the courtroom.
September 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Yes, there are some high school juniors who are world class athletes or ingenious musicians, or Guitar Hero wizards - but there are many more high school juniors who are, at their core, clueless 15 year old kids.
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“I know going on vacation brings out the worst in everyone.” - MJ Lenderman. Also true of birthdays and any holiday in general.
September 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I burn with curiosity for the daily monotone life experiences of those around me. What are they all doing with their time? What do they think about?
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Being able to retreat into the world of Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels keeps me going.
July 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Spotted: a woman wearing a Collab Culture hat. What does that mean? Overheard: Okay boys, wait in line. Let the girls go first!
June 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
What everyone wants is the big finish. Right?
June 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
French Open men’s final living up to the billing. Sinner looks hurt or cramped, which stinks - but Carlos is floating on air after almost being KO’s at the end of the 4th. Heavyweight.
June 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Rickies on Connected this time around were absolute fire - ratifying that redesign years and Apple being off its usual footing makes for good podcast fodder.
May 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There was a boy reading the Bible next to the drinking fountain. Standing and waiting.
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Have completed downloading all the backups for a site I’m taking over for an organization. It was a WP site and I’m making something new, entirely static HTML with a Go backend to do some extra work.
May 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I’m making the program for my daughter’s violin recital as a webpage in HTML and CSS. Which is fun times.
May 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Considering acting workshops for the kids this summer.
April 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The buildup toward Lila’s wedding is getting unbearably tense. I can’t wait to see what happens!
April 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I want my super power to be attaching a tracking device to an object just by looking at it from a distance
April 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Who is the political consultant that suggested to so many candidates to go with the green yard sign? Is it an attempt to avoid classic red and blue?
April 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Claude is my skeleton key LLM. When I encounter an issue that none of the others can tackle, I go to old Claude, and it usually solves it.
April 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Browser windows, for me, are like pieces of paper on a desk—not full screen objects occupying ones whole view—snapshots of the mind at work, to be moved around in space as needed.
April 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today I saw a cyclist wearing a yellow vest and listening to The Verve Pipe on a speaker.
April 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today I saw a cyclist ride by wearing a yellow vest and listening to The Verve Pipe.
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
How early would I have to get up and take a walk for it not to feel as if I was putting you out or abandoning you to handle routines?
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Is it possible that the only social media I need are the NYer letters to the editor?
April 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
According to the NWS (their Ft Worth office has the URL /fwd, which is odd, since this area is most commonly known as DFW), there are possibly storms developing today, but “a stout capping inversion will keep most locations dry!”
March 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you still believe, as I do, that having the right notebook is a contigency for getting stuff done, then continue to be convinced and in denial of your correcness, as I do.
March 27, 2025 at 06:02 AM CDT
A quick memory: back around a decade ago (a decade is 10 years) I was in charge of music at a church. That is called being “a worship pastor.” I was not very comfortable with that title, for reasons I can get into another time. I went through a trend of having the musicians play with a supplemental backing of pre-recorded music during church. The intent was to fill out our rather small lineup and provide a “bigger sound.” Feels like Spinal Tap just typing it out. Well, I myself would create these “backing tracks” on my computer at home—playing extra guitar parts, programming in extra drums, adding transition effects, adding the occasional frizzy keyboard arp part. I would usually wake up between 4 and 5 AM to put the finishing touches on the “backing track.” I put the team through a lot to make this work — and from where I now stand, it feels misguided and selfish.
March 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In the battle of who could care less today: let us consider Stipe v Yorke. More to come on that topic tomorrow, when I’ve my wits about me.
March 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Google is making it very obscure and hoop jumpy to find the Drive app for macOS these days. The install link is buried on the only support page I could find.
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Spring break travels. Exhausted from driving - but only halfway there. Had perhaps our longest ever stretch of no stops on a trip.
March 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Back browsing the discs at our local library since the DVD player in the van is now working, and also because we now have a PS4 at home. All of a sudden I was flooded with memories of checking out entire series at a time - and discovering that our library actually has quite a few things I’ve been wanting to watch.
March 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m discovering more and more that I like to hear the news, in a podcast or the radio, and I like to read stories. I don’t like to cross the streams. My brain and heart need to keep each cordoned off from the other.
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’ve been running away from the humble web browser for a long time. Trying to do everything In App. In a native app or bust. But maybe returning to the browser is worth a try. Have a tab group that contains the best 6 or 7 sites I care about.
March 06, 2025 at 02:23 PM CST
Lunch out today, using a 14 month old gift card. There was a crying 14 month old at the restaurant. But the fries were good, although I overlooked that they cost $2.99 for the garlic upgrade - an oversight about which I will be silently lashing myself for the rest of the day. I didn’t need the buttery garlic topping that much.
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The rain this morning quit just as I reached the corner. But I doubt I’ll luck out this afternoon with the 50 mph wind gusts.
March 03, 2025 at 07:18 PM CST
Started work on a white paper trying to get across my thoughts on the Free Press - and our current gov’t’s dismantling thereof. To what end? Is revamping the White House press corps a fine thing in and of itself? Haven’t gov’t’s always desired to have a hand in how they are portrayed to their own public? Maybe “yes” to all these items - BUT - an emphatic “NO” to how it is going about these ends.
March 03, 2025 at 07:13 PM CST
Having the hour between 6 and 7 free to be able to get the kitchen in order really makes the following day a lot more palatable to the unwilling tongue. Less sour to the touch.
March 03, 2025 at 01:13 PM CST
And that is the disturbing part. When you know that your brain is wired to think about all the behind the scenes details, and not what’s onstage - which is what people care about.
March 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’ve spent the past 3 months completely rebuilding my entire website - and now that I’m nearing the end, I may have lost my entire purpose in life. All there is left to do is write.
February 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’ve discovered that frozen Jack’s pizzas are as highly prized of a pizza by my kids as more expensive carry outs or more time intensive handmade.
February 28, 2025 at 09:54 AM CST
Youngest child home sick today. A stomach bug ran through his class. No pun intended.
February 27, 2025 at 09:56 AM CST
There was a flash storm last night around 1 AM. I saw lightning creep through the opened upper portion of our hexagonal honeycomb blackout blinds. Heard thunder. Then this morning when I walked up to the corner there was a trash bin that had perhaps floated down the river of the street gutter and wound up overturned in my street. I moved it, but I have no clue whose it is and I'm wondering if it will still be where I left it when I return to the corner this afternoon.
February 27, 2025 at 09:54 AM CST
Going to get my school volunteer badge renewed this morning. It’s not completely essential, but it’s a nice to have. I like being seen as validated while walking the halls. It matters, somehow.
February 26, 2025 at 01:56 PM CST
According to Thurston Moore, SY were all into reading Harry Crews novels. Whose name until recently I would’ve spelled “Cruz” because I just had no clue. But MJ Lenderman also has mentioned being influenced by his writing - which is odd and notable to me - because Lenderman is indebted to Sonic Youth in obvious ways.
February 26, 2025 at 01:48 PM CST
Encountering Thurston Moore in any kind of video, book, algorithmic recommendation, anything at all, makes me slightly perturbed. I don’t think I’ve forgiven him for messing up Sonic Youth.
February 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It is through the constant thirst for The New that our minds are being dulled.
February 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My giant iPad Pro is the greatest TV show watching device to ever exist.
February 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
hello from my widget on my iPad. and testing new device logic
February 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
hello from my post note shortcut on my Mac.
February 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
hello from my Post Note shortcut on my Mac
February 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hello there old friend, from my iPhone.
February 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
hello from my two shortcuts
February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
henlo from my ipad pro
February 16 at 4:39 PM
henlo from my iPad Pro
February 08, 2025 at 02:58 PM CST
Hello friends, from my Mac at home in MarkEdit.
January 31, 2025 at 02:03 PM
Testing 1234
January 31, 2025 at 02:03 PM
Testing 1234